490 MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY. 



Tincture of foxglove . 50 drops, 



Saltpetre ... 1 ounce, 



Tartarized antimony . 2-| drachms, 



Powdered camphor . -| drachm. 



STAGGERS. 



Symptoms. — This disease is indicated by a staggering, un- 

 equal walk, as if the animal were intoxicated, accompanied 

 by a dull, heavy eye, and frequently redness inside the 

 nostrils, with a hard, dry, and oppressive pulse, and great 

 drowsiness. 



Cause. — Like many other diseases which attack cattle, 

 this is caused by the animal's being removed suddenly from 

 poor to rich pastures, or feeding too plentifully after having 

 been kept on a poor diet. In such cases, the starved animal 

 gorges itself beyond the powers of the stomachs to digest 

 properly, which deranges their functions, and causes irregu- 

 larity in the evacuations, and an overflow of blood. 



Remedies. — Bleeding is the first thing to be attended to, 

 and from two to three quarts may be taken, and repeated if 

 a change is not visible within twelve hours. The animal 

 should be kept in a warm cow-house or shed, and the fol- 

 lowino' medicine administered : — 



Tartarized antimony . ^ ounce. 

 Cream of tartar . . 1 ounce. 



Bitter apple . . f ounce ; 



tlie apple to be soaked two or three hours in a quart of 

 boiling water, and strained while warm, and the other in- 

 gredients added. The above qrantity to be given every 

 twelve hours, while symptoms of the disease continue. 



If staggers proceed from hydatides in the brain, or other 

 cerebral cause, a cure is hopeless. Some have tried trepan- 



